[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: (ET) Mower motor failure and blade balance - Youtube DIY - Tecomec Oregon Clone



More:

I searched for Tecomec blade balancer, and also found similar Oregon, and a YT video comparing the Oregon model, and Chinese clone of that for half the money.

All these ball bearing balancers add 'bent blade' comparison, as a feature, compared to my vertical stepped cone balancer.

So, I maybe I will order the Chinese clone. (YT video says maybe under $40 - and I found on ebay for $37).


On 4/17/24 19:07, David Roden wrote:
On 17 Apr 2024 at 17:58, john wrote:

A quick Amazon search showed the 7 bearing version that one is based on
for $13.
I read about the Magna-Matic 10 or 12 years ago, probably on this list.
Sounded good, but I didn't want to spend that much, so I bought a Italian-
made knockoff branded "Tecomec."

It cost a lot more than $13, but even then, it wasn't consistent.

It was pretty good for detecting bent blades.  Balancing - not so much.
Unless the blade was way out of balance, I got a different result every
time I mounted the blade to it.  Sometimes the blade wandered off the
horizontal quickly, sometimes slowly, sometimes barely or not at all.

A blade balanced with the Tecomec still vibrated.  In fact I got equal -
sometimes better - results hanging the blade by a string.

Maybe the generics are better now, but if I were still running my ETs, I'd
probably bite the bulle, bust the piggy bank, and spring for a real Magna-
Matic.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Note: mail sent to the "etpost" address will not reach me.  To send
me a private message, please use the address shown at the bottom
of this page : http://www.evdl.org/help/
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =




_______________________________________________
Elec-trak mailing list
Elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/elec-trak